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gabby giffords testifying this morning, an emotional plea. you've become part of the mayors against illegal guns and congressman, i want to ask you, what's your reaction to having heard the testimony of gabby giffords today and the impact that she can make in having common sense conversation about the debate? >> well, i mean, i hope the testimony of congresswoman giffords is compelling to members of the senate. look, we need to enact common sense gun safety legislation. we need to fix the broken background check system to be sure that criminals and people seriously mentally ill don't have access to guns. we need to close loopholes at gun shows and fire sales when a gun dealer has a licensed revoked. there's things we can do. there's legislation to fix those things. no one is suggesting people don't have a right to a firearm, but we need to make sure people with no right to a gun, convicted of a crime, serious mental illness, don't have access to firearms, and we need to protect our communities. there's good common sense answers to this. we sh
gabby giffords testifying this morning, an emotional plea. you've become part of the mayors against illegal guns and congressman, i want to ask you, what's your reaction to having heard the testimony of gabby giffords today and the impact that she can make in having common sense conversation about the debate? >> well, i mean, i hope the testimony of congresswoman giffords is compelling to members of the senate. look, we need to enact common sense gun safety legislation. we need to fix the...
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when gabby giffords' husband spoke after she did, he talked about he and gabby both being gun owners themselves, talked about both being people who are pro-gun ownership, but he said that reform is necessary within the bounds of the second amendment that you can be both pro-gun ownership and pro-gun safety reform. specifically, captain mark kelly said our number one priority as a country should be to fix the background check system for buying guns. when people talk about the broken background check system, they're talking about the fact that if you buy a gun at a gun show, or through a private sale, just person to person, you're not required to go through a background check. if you buy from a licensed gun dealer, the law says you do need a background check. but 40% of the guns sold this country aren't sold that way. so our background check system is not really much of a system at all. and don't take it from me. you can take it from the baltimore county chief of police. >> on behalf of my colleagues across the nation, i'm here today to tell you that we are long overdue in strengthenin
when gabby giffords' husband spoke after she did, he talked about he and gabby both being gun owners themselves, talked about both being people who are pro-gun ownership, but he said that reform is necessary within the bounds of the second amendment that you can be both pro-gun ownership and pro-gun safety reform. specifically, captain mark kelly said our number one priority as a country should be to fix the background check system for buying guns. when people talk about the broken background...
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today, former representative gabby giffords opened the first congressional hearing on gun violence since the horrible shootings at sandyhook elementary. ms. gifford spoke with the experience as a survivor of an asas sane's bullet. >> violence is a big problem. too many children are dying. too many children. we must do something. the time is now. you must act. be bold. be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> be bold. be courageous. more than a month has passed since twenty-first graders were gunned down at sandyhook. and the violence is continuing daily. this morning, while the hearing was under way, three people were shot and wounded at an office complex in arizona. reports there has been more than 1400 shootings. 1400 shooting deaths since the massacre at sandyhook elementary school. that tally doesn't include the heart wrenching story of the high school honor student and band member from chicago who performed at some of president obama's inug ral festivities just last week. 15 years old. she had her whole life in front of her. but, yesterday, she was sholt in the back while si
today, former representative gabby giffords opened the first congressional hearing on gun violence since the horrible shootings at sandyhook elementary. ms. gifford spoke with the experience as a survivor of an asas sane's bullet. >> violence is a big problem. too many children are dying. too many children. we must do something. the time is now. you must act. be bold. be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> be bold. be courageous. more than a month has passed since...
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giffords or do you want to sort of rediscover another new gabby giffords? >> stronger, stronger, better, tougher, stronger, better, tougher. >> being with giffords, it is immediately clear she understands virtually everything going on around her. she follows conversations, reacts, offers unsolicited ideas, but it is still a huge struggle to turn her ideas and thoughts into words, like when trying to explain how she spends her days. >> occupational therapy, yogurt. >> yoga. >> yoga. yoga. >> the right-handed giffords still has no use of her right hand. that arm is paralyzed. so is her right leg. she wears a brace and literally drag it is with her good left leg to walk. she also doesn't see very well. >> how is your vision? >> not really -- >> not great? >> not great at all. >> so gabby's blind to the right side, right, in both eyes. >> both eyes. >> so she has no peripheral vision to the right at all. she is looking at you, she can't see anything to the right. >> over there. >> you can easily see how she and her husband keep up her spirits, humor. >> it is g
giffords or do you want to sort of rediscover another new gabby giffords? >> stronger, stronger, better, tougher, stronger, better, tougher. >> being with giffords, it is immediately clear she understands virtually everything going on around her. she follows conversations, reacts, offers unsolicited ideas, but it is still a huge struggle to turn her ideas and thoughts into words, like when trying to explain how she spends her days. >> occupational therapy, yogurt. >>...
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he was partially paralyzed and we saw the ads that just came out with gabby giffords, and it reminds me a lot of the brady law that got done, but still we're here today. it reminds me, like how much can we get done on capitol hill? i feel like we're probably, if i have teesz grk not going to end up getting background checks done. >> i don't even know about that. >> it's not even a complete conversation won't mental health. we have to think more broadly. >> i want to start here and throw one theory that's interesting, the tobacco industry is barred from running ads, billboards near schools. they had to kill joe camel because he was a koor toon character. >> it's all of the above. >> they have the same issue. >> all of the above. if you would have said to me early on, a water gun. but then when i saw this, that has this multimagazine. >> that's the problem here. >> this is okay and this is fun. >> people cant be our heroes because when we were kids, we grew up with -- that's what military people do, too. >> military people are bad parents because they hold guns? >> we talked about the
he was partially paralyzed and we saw the ads that just came out with gabby giffords, and it reminds me a lot of the brady law that got done, but still we're here today. it reminds me, like how much can we get done on capitol hill? i feel like we're probably, if i have teesz grk not going to end up getting background checks done. >> i don't even know about that. >> it's not even a complete conversation won't mental health. we have to think more broadly. >> i want to start here...
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first, gabby giffords in a senate hearing the appearance was brief but powerful. >> speaking is difficult but i need to say something important. v congress woman shot in the head two years ago, made an appeal for action. >> too many children are dying. too many children. we must do something. >> the murder of 20 school;xÑ children reignited the debate, today, in what will be a long battle over efforts to strengthen background checks on purchases and renew a ban on assault weapons. and told senators background checks would be a waste of time and money. >>zyn: you'll create an enormos federal bureaucracy, unfunded. they'll have to go through it. >> saying criminals won't go through background check autos criminals won't go to purchase gauns because there will be a background check. you miss that had point. i think it's basic. >> snorks i think you missed -- . >> order. order. >> i think you're missing... >> it was a contentious hearing. coming up at 6:00 we'll take you inside of a hearing in san francisco today. where congress members are talking about what needs to be done, we'll have th
first, gabby giffords in a senate hearing the appearance was brief but powerful. >> speaking is difficult but i need to say something important. v congress woman shot in the head two years ago, made an appeal for action. >> too many children are dying. too many children. we must do something. >> the murder of 20 school;xÑ children reignited the debate, today, in what will be a long battle over efforts to strengthen background checks on purchases and renew a ban on assault...
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i met with mark kelly and gabby giffords on this issue last week. they are becoming understandably great advocates on this issue. i will continue that conversation. i can tell you right now you need straight talk, assault weapons ban will not pass the congress of the united states. >> bill: so what say you? >> this running heavily edited tapes seems to be a bad habit over at msnbc. either they do the doctoring themselves with romney or gun people in connecticut or the travis, 911 tape with trayvon martin or this to make john mccain look bad, or they run somebody else's edited tapes as in this case. i have long argued that liberal media bias is not part of a conspiracy. they don't get together in a back room and say let's get those conservatives today. the problem is too many liberals in the newsroom, but this is intentional. they do this, it happens too many times. they do this to smear and destroy their ideological foes and they do it because it's part of a business model that works. pander to your audience and give them whatever they hell they wan
i met with mark kelly and gabby giffords on this issue last week. they are becoming understandably great advocates on this issue. i will continue that conversation. i can tell you right now you need straight talk, assault weapons ban will not pass the congress of the united states. >> bill: so what say you? >> this running heavily edited tapes seems to be a bad habit over at msnbc. either they do the doctoring themselves with romney or gun people in connecticut or the travis, 911...
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gabby giffords was a very pro-gun rights democratic member of congress. she and her husband are not commie liberal pinkos coming to confiscate yours guns. they are both gun owners themselves. "forget the boogie man of big bad government coming to dispossess you of your firearms. as a western woman and a persian gulf war combat veteran who have exercised our second amendment rights, we do not want to take away your guns any more than we want to give up the two guns that we have locked in a safe at home. what we do want is what the majority of nra members and other americans want: responsible changes in our laws to require responsible gun ownership and reduce gun violence." taking the argument beyond gunowners versus nongunowner, taking the argument beyond absolutist gun anarchy versus a complete gun ban, this turn away from that kind of binary nonsense is the kind of turn in the conversation that typically signifies that there might be movement ahead, that people are getting real about maybe actually getting something done. at the same time on the same day
gabby giffords was a very pro-gun rights democratic member of congress. she and her husband are not commie liberal pinkos coming to confiscate yours guns. they are both gun owners themselves. "forget the boogie man of big bad government coming to dispossess you of your firearms. as a western woman and a persian gulf war combat veteran who have exercised our second amendment rights, we do not want to take away your guns any more than we want to give up the two guns that we have locked in a...
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we heard a portion of gabby giffords's statement at the top of the show. i want to play the rest right now. >> violence is a big problem. too many children are dying. too many children. we must do something. it will be hard, but the time is now. you must act. be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. thank you. >> kelly, obviously that was a gripping way to start the hearing. where do we go from there? >> it is rare you have something so emotionally and politically charged and have a witness like gabby gifford that is the panel can relate to so personally. that made today more compelling. key issues, democrats and many of them are supporting the idea of universal background checks to expand how they would know the background mental history and that sort of thing. also what to do about ammunition and should there be restrictions related to the number of bullets and the number of high capacity clips and that kind of thing. those are very difficult issues and many democrats on the panel acknowledged their own support for gun ownership and trying
we heard a portion of gabby giffords's statement at the top of the show. i want to play the rest right now. >> violence is a big problem. too many children are dying. too many children. we must do something. it will be hard, but the time is now. you must act. be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. thank you. >> kelly, obviously that was a gripping way to start the hearing. where do we go from there? >> it is rare you have something so emotionally and...
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and whole democrats will bring victims of gun violence into the chamber as guests tuesday including gabby giffords and it appears a consensus is starting to develop over the idea of expanding universal background checks even if you buy one at gun shows where it will be more difficult. it looks like the assault weapons ban is running into resistance even from democrats in the senate and there will be a big fight over whether or not to limit those high-capacity gun magazines where you see the focus of the fight going forward. >> the president is also going to be talking about taxes and looming across-the-board budget cuts. we're only weeks away from the sequester. >> coming march 1st and democrats will say there will have to be revenues to lift it. republicans saying no way, no how. most in washington expect it to kick in for at least some time. another deadline following and the government set to run out of money on march 27th that could force negotiations. you'll see the president discuss that. what he'll also do on tuesday focus back again on jobs and what it means for the middle class.
and whole democrats will bring victims of gun violence into the chamber as guests tuesday including gabby giffords and it appears a consensus is starting to develop over the idea of expanding universal background checks even if you buy one at gun shows where it will be more difficult. it looks like the assault weapons ban is running into resistance even from democrats in the senate and there will be a big fight over whether or not to limit those high-capacity gun magazines where you see the...
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. >>> we will turn to gabby giffords and her appeal for gun control on capitol hill. a gunshot survivor herself, her message to law makers was heard loud and clear. >>> just days before the super bowl sunday, the push to protect football players from serious head injuries. can new high-tech helmet designs really make a difference? let's hope so. >> let's hope so. whatever they can do is probably worth a shot. >>> later this half hour, what you did not know about jimmy kimmel's best friend and bandleader, cleto escobado. i took five years of spanish all i can say is hola and cervesa. he came from a very humble background. we get into a little bit of this life backstory there. impressive how he made, done so well. >> you can say cervesa, which is beer. >> yeah, cervesa, the fundamentals. >>> but first, turning to a serious story. the hostage ordeal in rural alabama. dozens gather at a church near the scene where the standoff is taking place last night. >> while they prayed for a peaceful end to the situation, authorities warn it could drag fn for awhile. abc's mark gree
. >>> we will turn to gabby giffords and her appeal for gun control on capitol hill. a gunshot survivor herself, her message to law makers was heard loud and clear. >>> just days before the super bowl sunday, the push to protect football players from serious head injuries. can new high-tech helmet designs really make a difference? let's hope so. >> let's hope so. whatever they can do is probably worth a shot. >>> later this half hour, what you did not know about...
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♪ >>> just ahead, gabby giffords has a new message for america. but first, hampton pearson has the cbs market wrap. >> we had stocks paring losses but closing modestly lower. dow shedding 22 points. the s&p closing one point lower. the nasdaq down by two points. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. i'm here to pick up some cacti. it should be under stephens. the verizon share everything plan for small bu
♪ >>> just ahead, gabby giffords has a new message for america. but first, hampton pearson has the cbs market wrap. >> we had stocks paring losses but closing modestly lower. dow shedding 22 points. the s&p closing one point lower. the nasdaq down by two points. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids...
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gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserved a vote. the families of our red deserved a vote. -- of aurora deserve a vote. the president's constant refrain underlines his weakness , who is because some republicans think his plans will come to nought and most want to oppose him. marco rubio was uncompromising but wants to change his party's image. >> i still live in the same working-class neighborhood. they are workers who have to get up early tomorrow morning to pay the bills. >> the president must make some republicans see compromise as a central part of that. >> it has been described as an aggressive state of the agenda. >> very few ideas were actually knew. i think what made it seem so aggressive is the president's declaration he was no longer going to allow a single-minded focus on the deficit to drive everything else. the deficit will become one of a number of concerns. he was going to say he is no longer going to have these arguments. >> i think it is right if you polled americans individually on things like more education for you
gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserved a vote. the families of our red deserved a vote. -- of aurora deserve a vote. the president's constant refrain underlines his weakness , who is because some republicans think his plans will come to nought and most want to oppose him. marco rubio was uncompromising but wants to change his party's image. >> i still live in the same working-class neighborhood. they are workers who have to get up early tomorrow morning to pay...
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former congresswoman gabby giffords and her husband will be attending as guests of her replacement in congress ron barber, who was gabby giffords' staffer and who was himself wounded in the tucson shooting. they'll also be guests of senator john mccain. gabby giffords' political action group, the group she formed with her husband, astronaut mark kelly asks americans for responsible solutions. americans for responsible solutions cut this ad, which is going to be running after the state of the union apparently on fox and msnbc and on cnn. >> we have a problem. where we shop, where we pray, where our children go to school. but there are solutions we can agree on. even gunowners like us. take it from me. congress must act. let's get this done. >> in addition to running after the state of the union tomorrow night on cable networks, that ad is scheduled to air on local broadcast tv in washington, d.c. according to the group that produced the ad, they're also planning on running this in local media markets, reaching the constituents of all four top congressional leaders from both houses and
former congresswoman gabby giffords and her husband will be attending as guests of her replacement in congress ron barber, who was gabby giffords' staffer and who was himself wounded in the tucson shooting. they'll also be guests of senator john mccain. gabby giffords' political action group, the group she formed with her husband, astronaut mark kelly asks americans for responsible solutions. americans for responsible solutions cut this ad, which is going to be running after the state of the...
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and gabby giffords' case was so powerful because can you imagine the fear of those youngsters? the fear of victoria soto who is my constituent, who tried to protect those youngsters and who lost her life. that's fear. it is not about the sanctity of the second amendment. it is about the sanctity of the second graders who lost their lives. >> john: you write about bills you would like to see passed include gun violence including universal background checks, high-capacity clips. i want to ask, do you think your other measures requiring child safety locks with every gun sale, more funding for gun buybacks and an end to restrictions on gun research, do you think they could pass? >> well, i really -- i listened to the words of senator reid ander really, the president was absolutely right yesterday. and talking about this, it is shameful. but i've come to believe that we are now stopped at the federal level from doing anything on preventing gun violence. i think it is going to have to happen at the state level. i'm so proud of my state of connecticut because it was democrats and repu
and gabby giffords' case was so powerful because can you imagine the fear of those youngsters? the fear of victoria soto who is my constituent, who tried to protect those youngsters and who lost her life. that's fear. it is not about the sanctity of the second amendment. it is about the sanctity of the second graders who lost their lives. >> john: you write about bills you would like to see passed include gun violence including universal background checks, high-capacity clips. i want to...
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the main threat to the american public is gabby giffords? >> that's what goats are screaming about. >> stephanie: they have to listen to her and that kind of argument. >> no! >> oooooooooh, that was dumb! >> stephanie: that was a dumb point! really? can you let us out of the barn before you make that call? i don't want to listen to that again. that is really horrible. >> god, i hope he is okay. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: okay. >> i think we're all dumber for having heard that. >> stephanie: we really are. jeremy in anaheim you are on the "stephanie miller show." hello, jeremy. >> caller: hey, how are you doing, i -- you had the caller call up saying the cuts were good because of the cuts to the military. it might be news to him, but when we end two wars those cuts happen anyway. i think it is better to trade that for major cuts to social programs. >> stephanie: yeah, that's one of the points of obviously getting out of wars is you also save money on the -- >> on things you don't need. >> stephanie: right. like for instance the iraq war. tim
the main threat to the american public is gabby giffords? >> that's what goats are screaming about. >> stephanie: they have to listen to her and that kind of argument. >> no! >> oooooooooh, that was dumb! >> stephanie: that was a dumb point! really? can you let us out of the barn before you make that call? i don't want to listen to that again. that is really horrible. >> god, i hope he is okay. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: okay. >> i think we're all...
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gabby giffords are lobbying congress to enblame new rules. >> i went through a background check. why can't we make it more difficult for criminals and mentally ill to get guns. >> the head of the n.r.le a. accused the white house of using the newtown tragedy of stripping gun owners of their rights. tonight the vice president sits down with officials from the entertainment industry.ing live, rebecca cooper. >> virginia voters seem to agree with both sides. a poll found 2/3 supported putting armed police officers in schools. a majority also supports an assault weapons ban saying the weapons make the nation more dangerous. half of virginiaians feel that guns protect citizens. >> president obama's cabinet shuffle continued today when he nominated jack lew for treasury secretary. he will have to hit the ground running. the nation is society to hit the borrowing limit at the end of january. the president insists lew is ready. >> having lew on your team is the equivalent of a culture to have the luxury of putting anyone in a position and knowing he will do well. >> president obama consi
gabby giffords are lobbying congress to enblame new rules. >> i went through a background check. why can't we make it more difficult for criminals and mentally ill to get guns. >> the head of the n.r.le a. accused the white house of using the newtown tragedy of stripping gun owners of their rights. tonight the vice president sits down with officials from the entertainment industry.ing live, rebecca cooper. >> virginia voters seem to agree with both sides. a poll found 2/3...
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stood in the face of newtown families and gabby giffords voted against the background checks. i mean, this is politically crazy, melissa. >> well, here's the gut check for american voters. it is clear that these republican members of the house and senate -- clearly we see this happening in the house. they believe that american voters in their district are more willing to hold them accountable on supporting anything that the obama administration puts forward, that they are more likely to get pushed out of office if they support anything that comes from the obama administration and from the democrats. they are more worried about that than the idea that they will be voted out of office for supporting policies that put guns, lethal weapons in the hands of children. so this is the gut check for american voters. is that true? if you are republican, who nonetheless supports background checks, are you going to hold your member of congress, your senator accountable, or are you going to let it pass because our partisanship as so clearly divided us that we're willing to allow our childre
stood in the face of newtown families and gabby giffords voted against the background checks. i mean, this is politically crazy, melissa. >> well, here's the gut check for american voters. it is clear that these republican members of the house and senate -- clearly we see this happening in the house. they believe that american voters in their district are more willing to hold them accountable on supporting anything that the obama administration puts forward, that they are more likely to...
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two years after the shooting in tucson, we sit down with former congresswoman gabby giffords and mark kelly. their news about stopping gun violence. and what we learned about the best and worst part of her day. >>> tinderbox. the historic inferno blazing tonight. and a warning. how americans should prepare for the new record-breaking heat. >>> restaurant reality. the menu gives calorie counts. we have a test in the lab. >>> and, secret lives. a new camera revealing truly surprising things rare animals do and say by the light of the moon. watch it tonight. >>> good evening.
two years after the shooting in tucson, we sit down with former congresswoman gabby giffords and mark kelly. their news about stopping gun violence. and what we learned about the best and worst part of her day. >>> tinderbox. the historic inferno blazing tonight. and a warning. how americans should prepare for the new record-breaking heat. >>> restaurant reality. the menu gives calorie counts. we have a test in the lab. >>> and, secret lives. a new camera revealing...
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the hearing began with a very very dramatic moment when former congress woman gabby giffords came inest forted by the chairman, chuck grassley, and her husband, mark kelly. she was asked to give the very first words at the hearing before anybody else spoke. she did so only 72 words, very moving powerful and halting speech, because she still has a long way to go with her recovery. >> violence is a big problem. too many children are dying. too many children. we must do something. >> bill: it was all carefully laid out. she had obviously rehearsed it and it really does sound like a first grader right? reading aloud in the class. >> yeah, she had to relearn how to speak. >> bill: she looked these senator right in the eye and said, you know look we need you. >> you must act. be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> bill: seventy-two words every one counted for sure. then the chairman opened with his statement calling on everybody to be open-minded. try to come to some solution the high road, patrick leahy took, and then chuck grassley got up and he lit into a big attack on p
the hearing began with a very very dramatic moment when former congress woman gabby giffords came inest forted by the chairman, chuck grassley, and her husband, mark kelly. she was asked to give the very first words at the hearing before anybody else spoke. she did so only 72 words, very moving powerful and halting speech, because she still has a long way to go with her recovery. >> violence is a big problem. too many children are dying. too many children. we must do something. >>...
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giffords. before testimony began, giffords made a plea for action. >> violence is a big problem. too many children are dying. be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> kelly followed, arguing for restrictions on magazine clips, enhanced mental health care, and advanced background checks. >> we're both gun owners, and we take that right and the responsibilities that come with it very seriously, but rights demand responsibility, and this right does not extend to terrorists, it does not extend to criminals, and it does not extend to the mentally ill. >> while wayne lapierre struck a posture less combative than previous press conferences, his views remain questionable, calling for an immediate blanket of security at schools, lapierre dismissed universal background checks, saying criminals would never submit to them. chairman leahy pressed lapierre on background checks and whether and how the nra head had changed his mind on closing gun show loopholes. >> should we have mandatory bac
giffords. before testimony began, giffords made a plea for action. >> violence is a big problem. too many children are dying. be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> kelly followed, arguing for restrictions on magazine clips, enhanced mental health care, and advanced background checks. >> we're both gun owners, and we take that right and the responsibilities that come with it very seriously, but rights demand responsibility, and this right does not extend to...